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A lot of the stuff that's happening now, I can trace back to 'Death of a Salesman.' Francine Maisler, the casting director, saw 'Death of a Salesman' and called me in for 'Unbroken.' The casting director of 'Normal Heart' had seen 'Salesman' too. I look back on it now, and it's like one thing led to another; it was a chain reaction.

I really enjoy theater. I just went to see 'Death of a Salesman,' and it knocked me on my ass.

When I was an adolescent in England, at school we had to read 'Death of a Salesman.' I remember feeling incredibly moved by the portrayal of these people and the idea with which Miller broached the whole subject of failure or failed systems, or the way that people are crushed by a system in which they find themselves.

I had an acting teacher tell me once that if you're playing a car salesman, you don't want to be an OK car salesman, you want to play the best car salesman.

A successful swindler has to be a great salesman even more than a great actor.

I think basically an actor is a salesman.

I'm in the theater because of two plays: 'A Streetcar Named Desire' and 'Death of a Salesman.'

Acting is great. You spend your whole life trying to get it right.

The one thing for an actor that is complete death is if you're bored, because that boredom will show in your work.

As an actor, to do all sorts of different films is great.